tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12154887.post4406878779496711863..comments2024-01-02T23:42:42.632+00:00Comments on Bitter and Blue: Shinawatra takeover 'going smoothly'Danny Pugsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14426646073355525430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12154887.post-9547835583668331552007-06-19T10:57:00.000+01:002007-06-19T10:57:00.000+01:00It may well be true that a lot of people were kill...It may well be true that a lot of people were killed by infighting, but a lot of people were executed by Thaksin's government without trial.<BR/><BR/>I would rather a club with no money than a club with dirty money. No one here is defending Abramovich or any other owners. We just don't want City to be owned by someone with as dodgy a past as him.<BR/><BR/>It looks like the rumours that I read about as soon as the bit was mooted - that he would never spend his money and that it was all for the publicity - are proving to me mercifully true. It is just a shame that the board were so seduced by the money they couldn't see beyond it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12154887.post-48357361620972253172007-05-25T13:44:00.000+01:002007-05-25T13:44:00.000+01:00Shinawatra can't be compared to any other football...Shinawatra can't be compared to any other football club owner in this country. I will be ashamed to have anything to do with the club if he takes over, and I didn't think anything would ever make me think that way about City, because it isn't just the club I support it's a part of my family history. If he takes over I won't be going to games, I won't be buying replica shirts, I won't be handing over any of my money to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12154887.post-62773479270812032922007-05-25T13:10:00.000+01:002007-05-25T13:10:00.000+01:00Not a worry for me.He had a war with drug dealers ...Not a worry for me.<BR/><BR/>He had a war with drug dealers and a lot of the people killed were killed via infighting between drug dealers.<BR/><BR/>He is certainly not squeaky clean and neither is Roman Abramovich or the fellah that took over Portsmouth.<BR/><BR/>However he is still very popular with a large number of Thais. A lot of the accusations are coming from the Military. Thanksin was voted for Democratically. The Military took over with a coup. The military are also renowned for corruption.<BR/><BR/>I think he will be good for our club, and yes I hope I dont live to regret his takeover but there is risk with any takeover, at least he has some dosh.<BR/><BR/>Onwards and upwards blues<BR/><BR/>CTIDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12154887.post-28778079790066864602007-05-25T11:42:00.000+01:002007-05-25T11:42:00.000+01:00This is worrying - I was hoping with it all going ...This is worrying - I was hoping with it all going quiet that the rumours that he was unlikely to spend his own money were true. Remember that the deal to buy Liverpool was going to be funded with a state lottery in Thailand.<BR/><BR/>What are your views on his human rights record?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com